I'm ex Irish Army, was a student on out first Basic and Instructors Snipers course, in 1993, using the newly adopted AI AW, and went on to run Sniper and Recce at our specqilist Infantry Weapons Wing - IWW. Soooo good to see you do a timed shoot - which we never did back then. Such a slick, and accurqte rifle. Thanks.
That was a really slick run! I was hoping to hear more about AI's 'Two Guys in a Garage' origin, though Ian has fun with it in his "Forgotten Weapons" video on the rifle.
I remember when the AI became the AI AW here in sweden. We had a few issues with it, gave a few suggestions to AI and voila, the AI AW was born! As a teen in the late 80:s, with a fascination for shooting and the armed forces, that platform gave me goosebumps! 😉
Big shout out for Steve Houghton’s books. I am lucky enough to have signed copies of both. Lovely to see this amazing rifle from my Alumnus town in action. 🙂
This speedway and discussion is such a badass video. I have a legit M24SWS for years now and I love it to death but man these AI guns are the bomb. I’d love to have one of my own in the same classic 7.62/.308 caliber.
Been waiting for u guys to do my ultimate dream rifle. And you guys didnt disappoint. Kudos! For bikes, it was when i first laid eyes on the ducati 900ss in 1993. In cars its the testarossa...and in rifles its always been the AW. What a dream boat.
When I was in a Marine sniper platoon, we trained in Kuwait with their snipers. They had AI rifles and we had M40 a3 rifles. When shooting groups, our snipers could print half moa groups with the AI rifles but 1 moa groups with our rifles. The Kuwaiti snipers couldn't shoot less than 4 moa with either one.
Loving the english accent and footy shirt. A guy at my local shooting club works for accuracy international and does alot of testing with the ax50 ELR.
Nice vid gents. Got to play around with some of AI's products during exercises with partners, and at Pfullendorf. Not surprised to hear such positive feedback from Mr. Henry after this speedrun. Still to this day one of the most comfortable and natural pointing chassis to handle IMO. Interesting notes regarding the differences between the Military & LE variants... learn something new everyday. Thank you guys for sharing your knowledge and doing what ya do. Keep your powder dry gents 🇺🇸 Look forward to future content.
Hi, Henry and Josh. With NGSW being adopted by US military the way it is I think it would be interesting to see what would be if instead of .277 something like 6mm ARC, 6.5 Grendel, 6.5x40 were to be adopted. I think it would be interesting to see how these rounds fare on the course both out of DMR and SBR. Thank you for great content so far.
Ah the steyr ssg. I own a sak9 trg but to me the only rifle cooler in the whole world is the ssg. So sick. I prefer it to their newer quick change barrel version that looks ugly as shit
That was an impressive run with the AI. Love the video! Could you get a Blaser R93 Tac 2 on the range sometime? I’d love to see how it’s straight-pull action compares to the AI on the speedway course.
It would be nice if you do a grouping test at 900m for this rifle and the sniper mouser (and maybe other WWII rifles) to see how much we came along in terms of precision. You may want to equip the older rifles with better glass tho
@@jakeman52 Disagree. Watch some of the guys running PRS. Prone is the most stable position and his target size is huge. Most of those PRS matches at the distances he is shooting targets are MOA sized for the distance so 200 yards is 2 inch/3 inch in size. I’ll give a scenario I shot at prs style match non official. Tape a paint ball to a 3 inch paper plate choose a distance for points 100 or 200 yards obviously more points for 200. 5 shots max from cold bore. 12 dudes hit the 200 yard paint ball on their cold bore 10 more hit on their second and the rest of us were at 100 yards most hit by shot 2 or 3. I am not trying to degrade this channel but I have seen guys that scare the shit of me for accuracy and they move and shoot like the rifle is an extension of their body. I don’t see that at this channel but this channel is way funnier for all of the military history plus shooting. It’s all very subjective. I wish they had a stitch though so the internet fan bio’s could see what’s possible.
Bought an AI AE inOak Ridge TN, about 15 yrs ago; they were an AI dealer at the time. It was my first precision rifle. .308 Very accurate out to 1000yds with BH 175gr. Have lost count of how many rds. Have never done anything but clean it occasionally.
It would be interesting to see how something designed purely for the commercial market like the AT-X compares to these earlier military/law enforcement counterparts.
I am frothing at the mouth now. Both a Sako TRG 42, and a TRG 22!! After the discussion about the bipod on the AI I got curious about the original military bipod of the TRG. Some people has complained about it not holding the gun firm enough, but I read from someone who served with it that you lock it by pushing the gun forward and I tried it on my TRG 22 and it does work. Questions I have about the Sako TRG line though is what kind of optic and rings they used normally in their military configuration, and also which supressor was used. Looking through the parts catalog I did find that the supressor was of screw on type without any internal brake. I think the original supressor was made by Finnish ASE, but have not confirmed that. Another thing I have tried to find without success is what kind of slings were used for both the AI-AW and the TRG line rifles. They are indeed very heavy and for the TRG the folding stock increases the weight by a lot. So how could someone run around with these? They must have some special kind of slings that bear little resemblance with the thin original slings. Or maybe snipers are just bada$$ and not weak untrained gun nerds 😅 Love the amount of research that you guys put into the history of the AI, I cherished every minute of it 🤩👌
Great video guys. I really would love to see a video about the AI AT .308. I think this rifle combines everything good AI has to offer for a non military .308 rifle.
Back when the TRG-21/41 came out , its what I brought , had a 21 with Sako bipod , scope mount , brake and can etc , very accurate rifle , and light weight for what it was , but never really liked the mag cost or design for the 21/22 model , felt they where good value for money , when a AI was 2x the cost of a Sako TRG rifle , and the best of the bunch for me was the 338LM versions TRG-41/42 , as the mag was more a single stack /feed that feed better than the 21/22 model . I used a 21 , 22 & 41 cut for the thread on TRG-42 brake , saw the upgrade Sako did for the 22/42 , mainly to get the rifle accepted into Finland Army for TRG-42 338LM , talked to some of the snipers in Finland back in the day about the rifle , it seems to be OK for about 6000 rds , if used with Lapua ammo , they upgraded the rifle to be tougher than the 21/41 model , improved bolt handle , stronger stock ( Green one ) , better brake & scope mount 3 rings , and really GOOD , low CoG bipod that was brillant , before they narrowed the feet spread . Due too me being poor , I put off , getting a AI rifle , that was a mistake , as good as the Sako TRGs are , they are not in the same league as AI rifles . I use to have TRG-21 , TRG-22 & TRG-41 modified , no longer have any TRGs . The standout things of the TRG system for me was the TRG-42 muzzle break & great bipod . My go to rifle is a AI AW , and has been since I got it , like the old HK advert , except no compromise .
Maybe the AI is the first slick action for mil/leo use, but Sako wasnt far behind with its TRG 21/41 rifles. Also Tikka and Sako made super slick actions in hunting guns even before AI was even a company.
The AI had the most rugged build quality and higher accuracy than Tikka and Sako at the time of its inception. Sako to this day is still almost double the price of AI's high end rifles.
@@emorelix what? Both the trg and ai uses an aluminum bedding block/mini chassis. Price is pretty much the same, or ai is more expensive. A trg 22 is around 3-4k, the ai at, aw, ax etc are 4k+. The ai axsr/axmc are over 10k, the trg m10 is around 10k.
Wow, that was an awesome run. Henry, I would love to hear your thoughts on the AXMC and AXSR also the AX rifle developed for the Australian army I saw a video of at shot show 2024. I'm almost sold on buying one then when I saw the Australian one with m-loks I thought that might be the one for me.
The Steyr scout has a similar 60-70degree bolt throw! Though of course its accuracy degrades over short strings beyond 5-10. Free float Barrel so thin.
Super interesting. Absolutely , I love the video. Can't wait to see more accuracy international type videos. Sorry, i'm a fan boy of accuracy! international. I also like S a k o. What a great video. Roll the pumpkin baby ,roll the pumpkin!!!😊😊😊
We would love to see you test the Sign Spear/M7 on the range with a practical accuracy and speed run and give us your thoughts. The one that all the other guntube channels are using.
It’s very impressive to me that this rifle was able to maintain POA/POI after 20 rounds rapid fire even with a suppressor attached. I guarantee that barrel was HOT when that run was complete and the extra weight of the suppressor doesn’t help things.
Safe to say I wouldn't want to be within 1000meters of this man and a decent rifle. He may not be the best in the world but he certainly has top level marksmanship
If you guys want to see something great from US Optics best days, let me show you my SN-4 LPVO, an early- circa '03- LPVO from the era before LPVOs really became a thing. USO's circle chevron reticle has so much to commend it. Alas, no longer made...
Henry, you should try the Sauer 200 STR/SSG3000 in comparison to the AI on the speedway 🙂That will give you a similar experience. Made in Germany in the 80s
we have two SSG3000's, one in .308 and one in 6.5x55 and we will precisely delve into the rifle which i think could have been and should have been the sensation that took the market but was severely mishandled by Sig Sauer's marketing dept.
@@9HoleReviews Seems as though Sig has stuck with that Marketing dept they have just progressively gotten worse or is that how they build guns. Only sig gun they haven’t been able to screw is the 226 and 229 and when they moved all US manufacturing those guns were suspect. They big time dropped the ball STR 200 action that could have easily taken over America. Their supposed new Spears are really just modernized Versions of machine guns they already built. The are masters of polish the pig and follow the crowd.
The 200 STR was on my wish list for many years and earlier this year I managed to re-import one from Denmark back to Germany. It's in an almost new condition. This rifle unleashes the true capability of the 6.5x55 with the ability to handle 3900bar pressure. 139gr Lapua Scenar at 850ms with excellent accuracy. It' a dream.@@9HoleReviews
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